Strategies for Long Distant Caregiving You’re on the left coast. Mom on the right. Now what? You can’t move. So how do you care manage long distant caregiving? The support systems you need, the technology, the coordination can be overwhelming to handle. Amy will provide strategies to help you travel...
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Assessing Family Caregiver Needs Important (VIDEO)
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Assessing Family Caregiver Needs Important
The AARP Public Policy Institute (PPI) has released a new fact sheet, Assessing Family Caregiver Needs: Policy and Practice Considerations. The fact sheet explains why it is important to assess and respond to family caregiver needs, highlights the fundamental principles of caregiver assessment, and describes why assessments have an important...
Even Affluent Misunderstand Retirement Savings (VIDEO)
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Even Affluent MisUnderstand Retirement Savings
A Harris Poll released by Nationwide Financial surveyed individuals who have at least $250,000 or more in household assets and plan to retire by 2020. Respondents reported health care costs as a major concern.åÊ 73 percent of those nearing retirement reported out of control health care costs as one of...
Short-Term and Long-Term Pollution Can Lead to Elder Hospitalizations (VIDEO)
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Short and Long Term Air Pollution Can Lead to Elder Hospitalizations
Jeremy Walker Both short-term and long-term exposure to air pollution can lead to increased hospitalizations among older individuals. Short-term exposure to air pollution has been linked to spikes in hospitalizations among the elderly for causes ranging from pneumonia to cardiovascular disease and diabetes. However, less is known about the effects...
AARP Under Investigation
The House Ways and Means Committee has launched an investigation of AARP, particularly in the way it uses its lobbying power to advance its business that sells supplemental and Part D coverage to Medicare beneficiaries.æ A hearing on April 1 was preceded by a report BEHIND THE VEIL: The AARP...
AARP on Hot Seat Again over Healthcare Reform
A Washington Post article examines AARP’s strong endorsement of healthcare reform. According to the Post the AARP collected more than $650 million in royalties and other fees last year from the sale of insurance policies, credit cards and other products that carry the AARP name. It does not directly sell...
AARP Loses 60,000 Members
Here is a case where perceptions cause myths to arise and then actions actually cause revenue to be lost! As many as 60,000 seniors have canceled their AARP memberships since July 1 because they are angry about AARP’s position on healthcare reform. Three bill versions would trim $563 billion out...